Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Ctenophora > Class Tentaculata > Subclass Cyclocoela > Order Lobata > Family Bolinopsidae > Genus Mnemiopsis

Mnemiopsis leidyi A. Agassiz, 1865

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Mnemiopsis*	L. Agassiz, 1860	accepted genus name

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Danish: Amerikansk ribbegople sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Dutch: Amerikaanse langlob-ribkwal; Amerikaanse ribkwal; Leidy's ribkwal

English: American comb jelly; sea walnut sources: North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS)

French: cténophore américain

German: Meereswallnuss

Literature

basis of record	van der Land, J. (2001). Ctenophora, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 122-123
basis of record	Savini, D.; Occhipinti-Ambrogi, A. (2006). Consumption rates and prey preference of the invasive gastropod Rapana venosa in the Northern Adriatic Sea. Helgol. Mar. Res. 60(2): 153-159.
additional source	UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms
additional source	ITIS database
additional source	Moss, A. G. 2009. Ctenophora of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 403–411 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
additional source	Pollock, L.W. 1998 A practical guide to the marine animals of northeastern North America. Rutgers University Press. New Brunswick, New Jersey & London. 367 pp.
additional source	Streftaris, N.; Zenetos, A.; Papathanassiou, E. (2005). Globalisation in marine ecosystems: the story of non-indigenous marine species across European seas. Oceanogr. Mar. Biol. Ann. Rev. 43: 419-453

Genbank

External Links

Link To GBIF

Citation

Mills, C. (2011). Mnemiopsis leidyi A. Agassiz, 1865. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2012) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:106401